Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-16

the city. Have been doing chores.
Guess went home TO pay him my board. The
first time | spoke TO him was 1T Norfolk. Had
been there for my health. Have been SUIT ring
from blood poison. Kellogg has not been
doctoring me. My name in Norfolk was JAS.
&. Jewell. Took the name OF Peterson In
November. Changed nv name as soon as |
got acquainted with Kellogg. Was here
when ! took the name Of Peterson. Kellogg
took dinner at the same place | did Was
finished dinner when he came. He never
talked TO me about what i would swear 90.
Was dining with my brother Hans last Au-
gust. Was sober when went
beer. Am always sober. 1t was raining a
little. | jus; went over there TO get "A glass
Of beer. Staid there about twenty minutes.
Don't know whether | saw any one there or
not. | paid 8 cents FOR IL. Don't know
whether II was a man or a woman. Don't rte
member whether 1t was bottle or key beer.
Don't know how the room was lighted. Staid
there about twenty minutes. Sometimes !
have a very poor memory. Kellogg never
doctored me. | got a drink In the beer gar
den over there five vars ago. Am not
much acquainted In Sioux City. Came across
the bridge on The north II sc. Met "a friend
named Johnson. He left two weeks after
ward for New York. Don't know his first
name. He work, q for me In Nebraska about
seven or eight months. Went wi h him up
on Water street. Think we went up as far as
Sixth street. We were near the bridge. Looked
at my watch; il was 10:10 Then came back
70 Fourth street to the Lone Star restaur ant.
Did not have a rubber coat nor an UNI
brella. Was there about three min
utes when the buggy went west. Then Saw
the man come across Water street aad a
man follow him and shot him. Only saw the
two men. Staid there about two minutes.
Saw one man run south. DOM know wheth-
er the door OF the restaurant was open or not
or whether there was a light inside. Think
the door was closed but would not swear to
1t. When | got there 1T commenced TO rain
harder. Left the bridge at 1910. Went
right straight TO the Lone Star restaurant.
Was not standing In the door Of a
grocery store on the other side of
the street that night. Don't
kno whether there was a grocery store
on the other side OF the street or not. Did
not cross the bridge twice that night. Only
went across the bridge once. The man that
said was over tire second time was a liar.
(The state here showed the witness some
manuscript and asked him If he did not write
IT.. Yes sir, answered the witness. Was
not in tho grocery store door that night al
all. Know James SHAME the city marshal.
Saw bin in Norfolk, Neb., on the "a
day of November. 1t was before Kellogg
got there, Snaniey wrote "a lot and put some
thing In it that 1 did not tell him 10, ! did
not tell STANLEY that | went across the bridge
the second time. Told Stanley that | eft
the west side OF Perry creek al 9:20. Did not
tel Shanley that ] was across the creek twice,
and remained at Ressegicu's twenty minutes.
Didu't tell him that when l came from the
West Side that ! came past the Columbia
/ ouse. Told hin that / came east
on the north side of the street.
Didn't tell him that | saw n man sanding be-
hind the post at the Columbia house. Was
not on the south side Of Fourth street at ali,
Did not tell him that | was in the grocery
doorway when the buggy went past. Did not
tell him that while l stood in tne door on the
south side of the street that | saw five or six
men 90 west. Did not tell him that | recog-
niZed one OF the parties as being a man
whom | had seen la the brewery and drank
beer with. Did not tell him that one OF the
men was a large, heavy.set man that wore
light mustache. Saw Kellogg first in
Henry &. Bruen's office at Norfolk. Gave him
a statement. Breun wrote out out the state
ment. Told them the same story | have told
here, and Stanley told me | was a id liar.
He treated me like a dog. We came to Sioux
| City on the traiu. George w. Kellogg was on
he train. Did not SEE Kellogg get off to DO
any telegraphiDg. When we got TO Coving-
ton we were met by Treadway,
Walrich and Others. Treadway and
ArensdOrf aud | were talking. Stanley came
up and asked me how ! knew Arensdorf.
When we got here Stanley took me up 10
t. p. Murphy's Office where | made a state
ment. MurDhy Gid not read it all over TO
me before l signed it. Murphy called
me a damned liar.
Did not "a to his house and swear to any
paper. (Foley stood up.) The witness said
he thought it was at his house. (Shanley
stood up) You bet he is the man that took
me To Foivy's. Don't know where | Was when
| signed the paper. Did not tell Suauley thar
did not know ali that was In the statement
| made TO Kellogg. Did not tell Stanley that
Kellogg ever offered me any money 10 swear
tnat Arcnsdorf WAS not In the GROVE tina;
passed me. Stanley offered me money. Did
not swear to any statement that kellogg told
me that there was a 81 coo reward offered, and
IL | would keep still he would give me hall
OF it.